8-04-16 HY: Combat 60 Extreme Cardio Fighter + ChaLEAN Extreme - Extreme Abs + Splits + TCF.

8-04-16 HY: Combat 60 Extreme Cardio Fighter + ChaLEAN Extreme - Extreme Abs + Splits + TCF.

TENNIS DAY...  NOT.

Normally, it would be tennis day, but my playing buddy hurt his back so he is out of commission for a while.  So no tennis until my son comes back for vacation.  Then, I may take a break from Combat and play more tennis than anything when he is here.  But today, another free afternoon so I took the time to get into the workout really seriously.  

This is the Mother of Combat.  A long and intense routine that is brutal on the arms, shoulders and Legs.  Plus, to up the ante a bit, I used the little half pound weights in place of the gloves.  It was a good routine and I was really feeling it right from the start.  I really like the progressions/intervals in this routine.  They are a lot of fun and they really hit the spots.  I'm still a bit disappointed in my Round House kicks.  There was a time when I could kick at head level.  I could get my leg up there and snap a good Round House, but now, I can only raise my leg, mostly my right leg, to kick to the stomach or chest at the most.  But today, felt a little better, but the range of motion is still very limited.  I thought I would be able to do a lot better because of the splits training, but nope, not to be.  On VERY HAPPY thing, is that when I woke up in the morning, something inspired me to look in a drawer for my strap supporter and I found it.  It has been missing for a few months now.  And I actually hadn't needed it much recently, but since starting Combat, I need it.  So I was really glad I was able to find it.  A lot of punches and those lunging forward for power punches puts a lot of different pressure on the knee so I now need the supporter.  Especially today!  Still felt a little gimpiness, but a lot less were I to not have the strap supporter.  I was hoping to do the Muay Thai Flying Knee, but I guess that move is only in Combat 45.  I loved the last interval for the abs.  Killer moves!  Served as a good warm up for my abs routine coming next.  

This week, I'm going through all the ChaLEAN Extreme ab routines and up today, was Extreme Abs. Love this one, and I was able to burn out my abs today with it.  I tried to keep good form and push my range of motion, especially keeping my lower back on the floor.

I ended up waiting to do the Splits and Flow after my night class so in the evening, I was able to push the stretch more and take a nice long session.  The pain is real, and I hope my results will be realized this year.  Flow was on point.

In the end of the first session, I torched a solid 855kcals.  Pretty much as expected.  I still missed my tennis though.